Fishing-reel.



A. G. LAVERTINB.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27. 1914.

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A. G. LAVERTINB.

FISHING REEL.

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FISHING-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed January 27, 1914. Serial No. 814,708.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,ALroNso GEORGE LAV-ERTINE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 85 Avenueroad, Acton, London, in the county of Middlesex, England, engineer, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in and Relating to Fishing-Reels,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the reels or winches used by fishermen andattached to fishing rods, upon which reels or Winches the line is woundor unwound as may be desired.

In such reels or winches as hitherto constructed, when it is desired tomake a cast or throw out a length of line to which the bait is attached,it is necessary to unwind a length of the line approximating to thedistance to which the cast is made, as otherwise the friction upon theunwinding reel will materially retard the force of the cast and lessonthe distance thrown. This is a great objection as the line unwound isliable to become entangled and it is difficult to control the looseline.

The object of my invention is to overcome these objections and at thesame time to have a perfectly free reel upon which the line can be woundor unwound as desired, while when required the reel can be driven to agreater or less extent in the direction in which the line is being drawnoff and at the same speed with practically no friction, and the fulllength of the cast is thus insured while overrunning is prevented by theapplication of a brake.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a reel constructedaccording to this invention :Figure 1 is a view of the reel in sideelevation with a part of the reel broken away to show the internalmechanism. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the internal mechanism of the reel.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 and shows another portion of themechanism, and Figs. 4 and 5 are views of a detail of constructionhereinafter described.

In carrying out my invention I attach to the revolving portion or spoola of the reel and centrally situated so that the spindle 6 upon which itrevolves will pass through its center a spiral spring 1 of sufficientstrength to rotate the spool. This spring is housed within a casing 2the outer periphery of which acts as a drum upon which a hand brake dhereinafter described can operate. Upon the drum are also fixed a number(preferably three) of lugs or proections 4, one of which is engaged by aspring pawl or detent 5 after the spring 1 has been wound to preventrotation of the spool.

The spindle or axis 5 upon which the reel (1 revolves is attached to thefixed portion a of the reel and is constructed with a recess 6 intowhich is fitted a spring controlled projection or pawl 7, which latter,when caused to protrude from its recess in the spindle b will engagewith a corresponding slot in one end of the spiral spring 1 or with asleeve 8 to which one end of thespring is attached, the other end of thespring being secured to the periphery of the case 2 in which the springis contained. The projection 7 serves to hold the inner end of thespring 1 while the latter is being wound and is under tension. After thespring has been wound its outer end is held against rotation by thespring pawl 5 engaging one of the lugs 4. If the spring pawl 5 be nowreleased from the lug 4, the reel will be revolved upon its axis by thespring 1. When the tension of the spring 1 is relaxed the projection 7upon the spindle b is returned to its recess in the manner hereinafterdescribed and the reel is free to continue to revolve; but in order toprevent its overrunning or unwinding too great a length of line woundupon it the band brake cl is applied to the drum of the spring case 2.

In order to connect the spring 1 with the spindle b the pawl orprojection 7 is mounted at the one end of a short spindle 9 the oppositeend of which is provided with an arm 10 controlled by a spring 11 andoperated by a slide 12. This slide is furnished with a knob 13 and ismounted uponvthe outer side of the fixed portion 0 of the reel in such amanner that when depressed its lower end engages with the arm 10 andturns the spindle 9 connected with the projection 7 which works in thespindle b of the reel, the projection 7 being thereby caused to protrudefrom its recess. During the downward movement of the slide 12 the upperend of the latter operates a lever 14: which is pivotally mounted uponthe inner face of the fixed portion 0 of the reel and which is pro videdwith the pawl 5 for retaining the reel in position against the tensionof the spring. Thus, by a single movement of the slide 12 the pawl 5 isplaced in position to be engaged by the lugs "1 on the drum 2, while thepawl 7 in the spindle b is projected and engages the lugor projection 8on the inner surface of the sleeve 8 to which one end of the spring 1 isattached, thereby holding the inner end of the spring 1 to permit of thelatter being wound; a pivotally connected spring 15 retains the pawllever 14 in its operative position, and by arranging the lower end ofthis spring to slide upon a bar 16 it also holds the pawl 5 out ofposition when the spring 1 has been released.

A controlling lever 18 projects through the case of the fixed portion 0of the reel and has attached thereto one end of the brake band (i, theopposite end of which latter is provided with a coil spring 17 havingone of its ends attached to said band and its opposite end attached to apivoted lever 17 whichis attached by means of a link 17* with thecontrolling lever 18. This controlling lever is also connected by meansof a link 18 with the lever 14 whereon is mounted the pawl 5 which holdsthe drum 2; the" lever 14 being in turn connected by a pin 14 with theslide 12 which actuates the pawl 7 pertaining to the inner end of thespring 1. When the controlling lever 18 is moved into the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 3 it releases the brake band d from the drum 2,and raises the pawl 5, whereupon the spool a is caused to rotate uponits spindle 6 under the influence of the spring 1. This'spring whenrelaxed overrides the pawl 7 and causes it to return to its recess whereit is held by the spring 11. The movement last described of the lever 18is efiected when making a cast the result being that the spool a isdriven by the spring 1 during the unwinding of the line and rotates at aspeed which is approximately the speed of travel of the line.

To prevent the line overrunning, the lever 18 is released and moves intothe position shown'in full lines in Fig. 3. While moving into thisposition the band-brake d is applied first gradually by the spring 17and then with greater pressure by the spring 19, thus graduallyretarding the rotation of the spool a.

'Upon releasing the lever 18 the band brake 03 returns to its operativeposition upon the drum and remains so until the lever is again depressedowing to the pawls 5 and 7 being now out of engagement respectively withthe drum 2 and the spring 1, the lever 18 is free to operate the brakeband d, and the spool a may be rotated freely in either direction towind or unwind the line. When the slide 12 is again depressed thespindle projection 7 and the pawl 5 are placed in position for effectingthe winding of the spring 1..

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fishing reel, the combination of aspindle, a spool mountedthereon, provided with a spring, adopted to be wound by rotation of thespool and to be unwound so as to freely rotate the spool upon saidspindle in an outrunning direction, substantially as described.

2. In a fishing reel, the combination of a fixed spindle, a spoolmounted thereon, a spring within said spool, adopted to be woundbyrotation of the spool and to be unwound so as to freely rotate thespool upon said spindle, in an outrunning direction, a brake bandprovided with a coil spring for gradually controlling the rotation ofsaid spool and means for releasing said spool to operate the spring,substantially as described.

3. In a fishing reel, the combination of a spool, a spindle on whichsaid spool rotates freely, a spiral spring the outer end of which isfixed to said spool, a sleeve mounted on said spindle provided withmeans for securing the inner end of said spring, a pawl pivotallymounted in a recess in said spindle, to engage a lug within said sleeveto prevent rotation of said sleeve during winding of spring, a secondpawl for preventing rotation of spool when spring is wound, means forsimultaneously engaging said pawls, and means for actuating said secondpawl to release said spool to operate the spring, substantially asdescribed.

4. A fishing reel comprising a spool, a spindle on which said spoolrotates freely, a casing on said spool and forming a brake drum, aspiral spring housed in said casing and having one end thereof fixed tosaid casing, a brake band embracing said casing, a sleeve mounted on thespindle provided with means for securing the inner end of said spring, acontrolling lever to which said brake band is attached, a pawl ivotallymounted in said s indle and capab e of engaging with the inner end ofsaid spiral spring a second pawl for preventing the rotation of saidspool when said spring is wound, and means connecting the second pawlwith the said controlling lever.

5. In a fishin reel, the combination with a rotatable spoo of a brakedrum mounted on said spool, a spiral spring the outer end of which isattached to-said spool, a sleeve mounted on the spindle provided withmeans for securing the inner end of said spring, means for holding andreleasing the inner end of said spring, a pawl engaging and disengagingsaid drum, a controllin lever, a link connecting said pawl to saidcontrolling lever, a pivoted lever Connected to said controlling lever,a brake band one In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand 1n thepresence of two witnesses.

ALFONSO GEORGE LAVERTINE.

Witnesses:

I. K. BOYLE, E. L. H. ELIOT.

